[thread creep]CaptKremin: if it's any consolation, I used to be an avid PPRuNer as well - I've been here nearly since the start (despite my 'member since' tag incorrectly saying 2001)
The trolls, anglers, journos and others on here have (almost) driven me away.
The website is great and the mods do a really good job
but the open access coupled with people's fascination for aviation means that all too often, we have rank amateurs and the ignorant telling the professionals how it should be done.[\thread creep]
(Standing by for accusations of arrogance - I am in fact a BA pilot, so expecting double helpings of flaming...
... nothing less than I would seem to deserve on PPRuNe 2008 )